Gemini voice typing: dictation that comes out clean
Hold the function key, speak sloppily, and the text lands neatly at the cursor. For now, macOS only.
Google added voice dictation to the Gemini app. You hold down the function key and speak naturally in virtually any Mac app; Gemini transcribes and inserts the text right where the cursor is.
What sets it apart from a regular dictation is the treatment: it doesn't write what you said, it writes what you meant.
Why this matters
- Automatically removes filler words, errors, and repetitions.
+ 2 points on paid plans.
Spec sheet
- Access
- No aplicativo do Gemini
- Platform
- macOS apenas
- Activation
- Hold the function key
- Reach
- Praticamente qualquer aplicativo
- Extra
- Reasoning mode for complex tasks
The microcourse
1.How it works day to day
2 min- Open any app on the Mac and position the cursor where the text should go.
- Hold the function key and speak naturally — no need to dictate punctuation.
- Let go. The clean text appears at the cursor position.
The speed gain comes precisely from not having to speak in an unnatural way. Saying "comma" and "period" out loud is what makes traditional dictation slower than typing.
- The reasoning mode1 min
- The limitation, and it's a big one1 min
Faltam 2 classes para você concluir
You're looking at the tool's profile — what it is and what it doesn't do. The step-by-step, selection criteria, and what to do with it are in the microcourse, and the full microcourse is from Expert.
- Freeyour planOpening of the 1st lesson
- Explorer1st full lesson + limitations
- ProfessionalAll lessons + who it's for
- ExpertFicha completa + site oficial da ferramenta
O Explorer (R$ 57/mês) abre 2 of 3 lessons. Only Expert unlocks all of them — and it applies to every microcourse in the section.
How we verified
We track releases straight from primary sources, transcribe what's demonstrated, verify every name and number against the manufacturer's official documentation, and rewrite it in Portuguese — along with the tool's limitations, which is the part the announcement leaves out.
The official address of Gemini voice typing opens on the Expert plan